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SEASHELL HIGH SCHOOL, OKPANAM, DELTA STATE

IST TERM EXAMINATION | 2023/2024 ACADEMIC SESSION


SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE | CLASS: SS1
Section A: Continuous Writing
1. In not less than two hundred words, write an essay on the topic, ‘The Day I will
Never Forget'.
Section B: Comprehension Passage
Instruction: Read the comprehension passage and answer the questions that follow.
‘Falta' he would say to me, ‘what is the use of sending a female child to school? If she
turns out well, the man she marries gets the benefit of her education. If she gets spoilt
in the school, I get the blame. It’s my name that gets dragged through the mud. It’s my
house that becomes her refuge. Whichever way you look at it, the father of a female
child is the loser. Let the girls stay at home and help their mother, when it is time for
them to marry, let them marry.'
'What for?' he would inquire angrily, 'If I had sons now, my name would be carried from
generation to generation, my wealth would multiply tenfold, but not so with daughters.
They are consumers and they let other people consume your wealth. While your name
dies out, the daughter continues the lifeline of another man in another family.'
'Does he still think the same way?' Nana asked anxiously.
I don't think so. So many things have happened since then that I wonder if Dogo is now
capable of any serious thoughts,' the woman replied thoughtfully. 'But let's get back to
the story.'
'When Dogo's wife gave him his sixth daughter, Dogo took a second wife. She was the
daughter of the village head, a few years younger than Dogo's third child. Dogo made
no secret about the reason why he had to marry again and immediately relegated the
first wife and her six daughters to the background. By now, the son, being the first child,
had gone to the city to study.
When the situation at home became unbearable, Adama and Talatu, the first two girls,
went to live with their maternal grandmother. Dogo disowned the girls and built a wall
between his hut and that of their mother. As far as Dogo was concerned, the first wife
was no longer part of the family. She had to remain close to the family, however, for the
sake of the children.
(From The Virtuous Woman by Zaynab Alkali, pages 47-48)
Questions
a) Who is the narrator of the story?
b) Why did Dogo say the father of the female child was the loser?
c) What benefits did Dogo say he could have from a male child?
d) How many children did the first wife have?
e) Why did Adama and Talatu leave home?
f) ‘...the lifeline of another man....’
(i) What grammatical name is given to this expression as it is used in the
passage?
(ii) What is its function?
g) For each of the following words, find another word or phrase that means the
same and that can replace it as it is used in the passage.
i. Benefit
ii. Education
iii. Refuge
iv. Inquire
v. Situation
vi. Disowned
Section C: Objectives
Instructions: Choose the word or phrase that is nearly opposite in meaning as the
underlined word or phrase in the following sentences.
1) The old man occupied the rat infested building.
(a) Built (b) inhabited (c) rented (d) vacated
2. The auditor could not identify the authentic receipt.
(a) Real (b) fake (c) earlier (d) lost
3. The meat is very tough.
(a) Delicious (b) hard (c) mild (d) tender
4. Ojo denied that he stole the watch.
(a) Admitted (b) argued (c) emphasized (d) said
5. The bus driver slowed down as he overtook the lorry.
(a) Ran (b) accelerated (c) dispatched (d) flew
Instruction: Choose the word that represents the correct part of speech of each of the
underlined words.
6. The man smiled kindly at the little boy.
(a) Adjective (b) adverb (c) conjunction (d) pronoun
7. It is very cool in the shade.
(a) Adjective (b) preposition (c) adverb (d) pronoun
8. This is my cat.
(a) Noun (b) adjective (c) pronoun (d) conjunction
9. My dog eats quickly.
(a) Pronoun (b) adverb (c) verb (d) noun
10. The man drives to work everyday.
(a) Conjunction Pronoun (b) adverb (c) verb (d) noun

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